本
běn HSK1

root

本 běn
[classifier] measure word
classifier for books, periodicals, files, and rolls of film

不要丢掉这本杂志。

bù​yào diū diào zhè běn zá​zhì.

Don't throw away this magazine.

去年我读了52本书。

qù​nián wǒ dú le52 běn shū.

Last year I read 52 books.

originally adverb
originally; at first; initially

我本可能赢的，但我输掉了。

wǒ běn kě​néng yíng de, dàn wǒ shū diào le.

I could have won but I lost.

origin proper nounadverb
the source, foundation, or fundamental part of something
this; one's own determiner
this; the current; one's own; relating to oneself or one's side

本周末可能下雪！

běn zhōu​mò kě​néng xià xuě!

It might snow this weekend!

本社区的规则很简单。

běn shè​qū de guī​zé hěn jiǎn​dān.

The rules for this community are simple.

book noun
book; volume; notebook; edition of a text

他的素描本呢？

tā de sù​miáo běn ne?

Where's his sketchbook?

script noun
script; libretto; draft used for a performance
capital noun
capital; principal; financial assets used for business or investment
root noun
(bound form) the root or stem of a plant
memorial
(archaic) a memorial or official report submitted to an emperor
according to
to base something on; according to; in accordance with
surname
a Chinese surname

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Frequency
Character
Written text
92nd most common 2005.7 per million
Movie subtitles
201st most common 876.6 per million appears in 96% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
313.8 per million appears in 60% of films
Written text
825.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+672C

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)